Device for forming yarn packages



Jan. 22, 1929.

J. l.. BARRY DEVICE FOR FORMING YARN PACKAGES' Filed July 12, 1927 Patented Jan. 22, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

UNITED STATES JOHN L. BARRY, OF HINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSGNOR TO CYNTHIA MILLS, OF

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

DEVICE FOR FORMING YARN PACKAGES.

Application led July 12, 1927. Serial No. 205,168.

This invention relates to the packaging of yarn, thread and the like which is commonly retailed in units of skeins of comparatively small quantity.

In my co-pending application Serial No. 205,167 filed July 12, 1927, I have disclosed a package holding a number of small skeins of yarn or the like, one element of the package comprising a card having a plurality of spaced upstanding tabs between which the skeins are disposed and by which they are gripped and held against lengthwise displacement on the card as the yarn is withdrawn from the end of the skein. In said application, I have disclosed a device for holding the tabs in upright position while the skeins of yarn are being placed therein. The present application is a continuation in part of said application and is directed to said device.

An object of this invention is the provision of a device adapted to be used to facilitate the forming of yarn packages and specifically to hold the tabs of the above described card in elevated position to receive skeins of yarn therebetween.

A further object is generally to improve package forming devices and methods.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the package with which this invention is concerned.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the package of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a section along line 3-3 of Fig. 1 and illustrating particularly the skein holding tabs.

Fig. 4 is a perspective detail showing particularly the tab construction.

Fig, 5 is a plan view of the skein holding card of Figs. 1 through 4.

Fig. 6 is a. perspective view of the tab raising device embodying the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken along line 7 7 of Fig. 6 butin addition illustrating one of the cards of Fig. 5 in position therein.

Fig. 8 is aview taken along the same loca tion as Fig. 7, but with the device in operated position and holding the tabs in elevated position to receive the skeins.

Fig. 9 is a view along line 9 9 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 7 but with the card filled with skeins and with the filled card in partially withdrawn position.

Figs. 1 through 4 illustrate the skein package in connection with the formation of which the present invention is utilized. The package is particularly adapted to hold a plurality of skeins 10 of yarn as embroidery yarn and the like, which skeins are made as described in my Patent No. 1,592,432, dated July 13, 1926. The skein is of roll form and 1s so wound that th'e inner end -12 of the yarn projects beyond one end of the skein and the yarn is adapted to be withdrawn from the end and the inside of the skein, the skein preserving its formation until practically all of the yarn has been withdrawn. The skein-holding package includes a rectangular card 14 of pressboard or similar material on the opposite ends of which a plurality of skeins are secured in parallel order with the free inner ends of the yarn extended in the same direction.' The card 14 is adapted to be reflexed upon itself along the line of fold 16 so as to bring the card into the shape shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. i

Each skein of thread is held on the card by two spaced pairs of cooperating tabs 18, each pair being arranged in spaced edgewise relation and adapted to partially encircle and grip the skeins at Ithe ends thereof. The tabs are formed in the cards by punching two transverse lines or sets of longitudinallyaligned and transversely-spaced circular holes 2O in each end of the card so as to leave the material of the card therebetween to form the tabs 18. The card is slit along the line 22 close to the bottom edges of the holes to intersect the holes slightly abovetheir lower edges in such manner as to separate the tabs,

Vat similar ends, from the body of the card and to provide the tabs, except the outermost tabs, with opposed approximately semi-cirn cular cooperating notches in the opposite side edges between which the skeins of yarn are received and to provide openings 24 between the free ends of the tabs through which the skeins, by slight-ly compressing them, can be inserted within the circular notches in the tabs. The card is provided with crease-lines 26 which extend transversely of v the card along the upper edges of the openings 20, or along the bases ofthe tabs, to facilitate bending the tabs upwardly.

The skeins are inserted in position between the tabs while they are in approximately perpendicular relation with the body of the card; and the tabs are held in this relation when the skeins are inserted by apparatus hereinafter to be described. vWhen the skeins are inserted in position between the tabs and the tabs are subsequently released, they are adapted to reflex by their inherent resiliency into an inclined position with respect to the body oi the card, or into some such position as illustrated in 3 wherein they are inclined approximately 450 with respect to the body oit the card. is a result ot the inclined position thereof, the tabs` are caused to bear down upon the skeins and so to clutch or grip them with substantial etliect. rlhe inclination ot the tabs is directed against the direction ol" pull upon the ends 12 of the yarn of the skeins so that the tabs serve to hold the skeins against withdrawal from the card when yarn is withdrawn.

fitter the skeins are applied to the card, a paper band 2T is .'rapped around the card and over the skeins and the ends ot the band are pasted or otherwise secured. together, thus additionally holding` the skeins upon the card and also protecting the skeins against soil and concealingl and securing the loose outer ends of the skeins. rithe band is adapted to be narrower in width than the length oit the skeins and is so applied that both ends of the skeins areexposed, whereby the color ot' the yarns in the skeins can be readily identitied. The band also holds the i'olded card from straightening out.

1t is an object o'l' this invention to provide a device adapted to retten the tabs 18 of the card le into ujjnfight position and hold them in such position tor the purpose ol' inserting the skeins therebetween, thus to facilitate and expedite the card iilling operation. The device embodying this ii'ivention is illustrated in Figs. t5 through l0. vlaid device comprises a iiat horizontal base 30 which has a plurality of projections 3:2 upstanding thereabove and arranpV` d in a plurality ot transverse lines corresponding to the lines of pertorations 26 o the card 14.-, and spaced apart and so dis posed as to he positioned beneath the tabs 18 oi the card when the card is brought into Contact therewith for the purpose o t' raising the tabs. 'lf he card 14.-. is adapted to be moved down upon said projections and for this purpose adapted to be supported upon a dat sti'tl plate Sil, the rear end ot which is hinged. at 3G to an elevated ledge 37 carried by the base plate 30 and so arranged that when the plate 3de moved downward, it will rest upon the top of the working face 31 osaid base 30. Said plate 34 adapted to be moved downwardly by means of a rod 38 which has a loose connection with the under side of the plato and adapted to be operated by a treadle or other suitable device not shown. rlhe plate 34 is adaptedv to be maintained in elevated p'osition by a suitably disposed spring 39. Said plate 34 is provided with sets oi' transversely-elongated slots or openings ll() thereot through which said projections 32 are adapted to extend when the hinged plate is upon the base plate. fr thin and stitl cover plate 42 is secured at its rear and end edges and overlies the hinged pla-te and spaced thereabove sufficiently to permit the insertion ot' a card let between the two plates and to hold the card from upward displacement as the card is inoved downwardly upon the projection 32. 'l` he plate ll2 is held in the aforesaid relation by end spacer plates la and a rear spacer plate e5, which plates are disposed between the cover plate and the hinged plate and serve to locate the card 1st accurately in auch position that its tabs will be engaged by the projections 32. Said cover plate dit is provided with a plurality of elongated slots or openings e6 therein which are open at the Aliront edge of the plate and overlie and preferably are substantially larger in all dimensions than the slots Zl() in the hinged plate 34. ln the use ot this device, a. card 1dis inserted between the plates 34 and l2 to occupy the position illustrated in Fig. 7. The hinged plate is then moved down upon the tace 31 ot' the base plate 250 or into the position illustrated in Fig. 8. As a result ot such movement, the projections come into Contact with the tabs i8 the plate 1st and bind them into a perpendicular position as illustrated in lligs. e and 9 and hold them in such position tor so long as the hinged plate is maintained upon the base plate. The projections 32 are pret erably somewhat shorter than the tabs 18 so that, in the positions illustrated in l1 ige. t5 and 9, the tabs ot the projections are soinewhat below the tops of the tabs. rll`he width of the projections prelerabl y are not greater than the narrowest width ot the tabs 18 or the width ot the tabs between the senncircular notches therein so that the projections do not overlie and block the notches. The skeins are inserted into the openings 241 between the tabs to enter the notched portions ot the elevated tabs asshown in lfigs. 8 and 9. When the spaces between the tabs have been lilled with skeins, the hinged. plate is then released and is then moved upwardly into the position shown in li gs. G and 10 by the spring '39 or by other means. ln this position, the filled card can be withdrawn from the lree end oi the plate 3% in the nianner shown in Fig. 10, the tabs passing through the open ends ol the slots Ll() ot the cover plate 4t2.

TWhen the tabs are tree from the projections Se they partially return trom their original position by their inherent resiliency and assume an inclined position with respect to the card 14 as illustrated iu. 3 and. and thus grip the skeins and hold them in such position. lVhen the card is withdrawn from the device, the card can be folded about the line of fold 16 and have the holding band 26 applied, thus to complete the package.

I claim:

l. A device :for raising the tabs of a skeinholdingcard comprising a card-holder, means providing a plurality of spaced prej ections extended in the saine direction at one side of said card-holder, and means to move said card-holder ar d projections toward each other into a position wherein the projections are within the card in the holder and bear against the tabs thereof.

2. A device for raising the-tabs of a skeinholding card comprising a card-holder arranged to overlie and support the card eX- cept at the tabs thereof, and means providing a` plurality of spaced projections disposed beneath and extended upwardly toward said card-holder in the line of the tabs of the card, said fard-holder characterized by being movable onto the projections, wher by vto cause the tabs of the card to l e engaejed and raised by said projections.

3. A device for raising the tabs of a skeinholding card comprising a card-holder including a flat plate adapted to overlie the card and having openings therein at the tabs through which the tabs can extend, a base having a plurality of spaced tab-raising projections disposed beneath and extended iipwardly toward the openings in said plate in position to engage the tabs of the card, said plate characterized by being movable into a position below the tops of said projections.

4t. A device for raising the tabs of a skeinholding card comprising a card-holder including a fiat plate adapted to overlie the card and having openings therein. at the tabs through which the talos can extend, and a base having a plurality of spaced tab-raising o projections disposed beneath and extended 'upwardly toward the openings in said plate in position to engage the tabs of the card, said plate characterized by being movable into a position below the tops of said proj ections and the openings in said plate characterized by having entrances thereto at one edge of said plate through which the raised tabs can pass when the card is withdrawn from said plate.

5. A device for raising the tabs of a skeinholding card comprising` a base having a plurality of spaced upstanding tab-raising projections, a card-holder including a thin flat plate disposed above and movable downwardly over said projections and having slots therein adapted to overlie the tabs in the card and throughl which slots said projections can pass, said slots being open at one edge of said plate through which the raised tabs can pass when the card is withdrawn from the holder.

6. A device for raising the tabs of a skeinholding card comprising a base having a plurality of spaced upstanding tab-raising projections, a card-holder including a thin flat plate disposed above and adapted to overlie` the card and having slots therein adapted to overlie said projections and the tabs in the card, said plate being movable downwardly over said projections into a position below the tops thereof, whereby to cause said projections to raise the card-tabs above the top of the plate in position to receive the skeins, said slots being open at an edge of the plate through which the raised tabs can pass when the card is withdrawn from the plate.

7. A device for raising the tabs of a skeinholding card comprising a base having a plurality of spaced upstanding tab-raising projections, and a` card-holder disposed above said projections and movable downwardly thereover, said card holder including a pair of superposed plates having a card-receiving space therebetween which is open at one edge of the holder, said plates having aligned slots therein at which the tabs of the card are adapted to be located and into which said projections are adapted to pass, whereby to engage and raise the tabs above the top plate, the slots in the upper plate being open at the aforesaid edge of the holder through which the raised tabs can pass when the card is withdrawn from the holder.

8. A device for raising the tabs of a skeinholding card comprising a base having a plurality of spaced upstanding tab-raising projections, and a card-holder having a hinged connection with said base and disposed above said projections and movable downwardly thereover, said card-holder including a pair of superposed plates having 'a card-receiving space therebetween which is open at one edge of the holder, said plates having aligned slots therein at which the tabs of the card are adapted to be located and into which said projections are adapted to pass, whereby to engage and raise the tabs above the top plate, the slots in the upper plate being open at the aforesaid edge of the holder through which the raised tabs can pass when the card is withdrawn from the holder.

9. A device for raising the tabs of a skeinholding .card comprising Aa base having a plurality of spaced upstanding tab-raising projections arranged in parallel rows, and a card holder disposed above said base and movable downwardly thercover, said holder including a pair of superposed plates having a card-receiving space therebetween which is open at one edge thereof and having sets of aligned slots therein adapted to overlie the tabs in the card and into which said proj ections can pass whereby to engage and raise the tabs into a vertical position above the holder, the slots in the upper plate being open at the aforesaid edge of the holder through which the raised talos can pass when the card is withdrawn.

holding Card, Comprising lneans providing a plurality of upwardly extended spaced projeetions, a card supporting plate movable downwardly over said projections and having openings through which said proj eetions may pass and having means to support the skein-holding` card in position thereon with the tabs aligned with said projections.

In testimony whereof7 I have signed my naine to this specificati-on.

JOHN L. BARRY.

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